Lucie Arnaz Net Worth

Publish date: 2024-05-06

Lucie Arnaz net worth is
$20 Million

Lucie Arnaz Wiki Biography

Lucie Arnaz is an actress and singer who has accumulated a net worth of 20 million dollars. Lucie Arnaz has earned her huge net worth through appearing on TV and on the big screen, as well as in musicals on stage. Lucie comes from a family of actors as she is a daughter of a famous actress Lucille Ball and an actor and musician Desi Arnaz. Her brother Desi Arnaz, Jr. has also become an actor. Lucie Arnaz has been acting since 1968 and is still active today, therefore it easy to see how she accumulated her impressive net worth.

Lucie Arnaz Net Worth $20 Million

Lucie Arnaz was born in 1951 in Los Angeles and grew up there. As she comes from a family of actors it was not difficult for her to begin her career as an actress as well. She made a debut in a famous show “I Love Lucie” where both her parents appeared. However, it was only one walk-on appearance for Lucie, and her role in another show of her mother called “The Lucie Show” was also small. The real achievement for Lucie Arnaz was “Here’s Lucy” in which she appeared from 1968 until 1974. In this show, too, the main role of Lucie was played by Lucie’s mother Lucille Ball, while the young Lucie played her daughter Kim Carter.

When “The Lucy Show” was finished Lucie Arnaz moved on from family related projects and began advancing her career as well earning her net worth on her own. The first role that she got was in 1975 in “Who is the Black Dahlia” where Lucie played a real-life murder victim Elisabeth Short. Later in 1978 Lucie appeared in one episode of the famous TV series “Fantasy Island”. While her own TV show “The Lucie Arnaz Show” which came out in 1985 proved not very successful, Lucie herself continued working on television and appeared in such famous TV series as “Murder She Wrote”, “Sons and Daughters”, and “Law and Order”, among others.

Lucie Arnaz increased her popularity as well as net worth by acting on the big screen, too. One performance in particular was very successful for her and even brought her a nomination for Golden Globe awards in the category of best supporting actress. That was the 1980 remake of a 1927 hit movie “The Jazz Singer” where Lucie appeared along with the famous actor Laurence Olivier and a singer Neil Diamond.

Another area of Lucie Arnaz’s activities and a source of her net worth is musical theater. She began playing in theater from the late 70’s and one of her first appearances was in Long Island’s Jones Beach Theater’s production “Annie Get Your Gun” where she played the main role. A year later she debuted on the Broadway stage in a musical called “They’re Playing Our Song”. Since then she has played in numerous musicals and received several awards including Theatre World Award and Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award.

Lucie is also known for her work in the fields other than acting, one of which was running the Lucille BallDesi Arnaz Center.


Full NameLucie Arnaz
Net Worth$20 Million
Date Of BirthJuly 17, 1951
Place Of BirthLos Angeles, California, United States
Height5 ft 9 in (1.77 m)
ProfessionActor, Film Producer, Singer, Dancer
EducationImmaculate Heart High School
NationalityUnited States of America
SpouseLaurence Luckinbill (m. 1980), Phil Vandervort (m. 1971–1977)
ChildrenKatharine Luckinbill, Joseph Luckinbill, Simon Luckinbill
ParentsLucille Ball, Desi Arnaz
SiblingsDesi Arnaz, Jr.
NicknamesLucie Desiree Arnaz , Lucie Désirée Arnaz
Facebookhttp://www.facebook.com/luciearnazofficial
Instagramhttp://www.instagram.com/luciearnazofficial
IMDBhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0036109
AwardsTheatre World Award, Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award
NominationsGolden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Class Programs
Movies“Who is the Black Dahlia” (1975), “Fantasy Island” (1978), “Murder She Wrote” (1988), “Sons and Daughters” (1991), and “Law and Order” (2003)
TV Shows“Here’s Lucy” (1968-1974), “The Lucie Arnaz Show” (1985), The Lucy Show (1962-1963)
#Quote
1Everybody has a unique, interesting story to tell. I think what people can take away from this is that their story isn't any less valuable than mine, or my mother's. And because she had fame, that did not make her life that much easier or luckier. She had lots of perks. I doubt she would have traded what she had. But it wasn't all that easy. A lot is expected of people who have that kind of fame. It's a lot to carry around. It changes your life significantly. And not everybody is ready for that.
2[on whether her mother, Lucille Ball, considered herself a feminist] She would never have said that about herself. I think it ended up feeling like that to other women - "Look at her, she had the nerve to be that character on television, who wanted to do more than just be a housewife." But, in fact, Lucy Ricardo never really wanted it bad enough to go get it. It just made for good comedy. My mother gets a lot of credit for being the first-woman-this and the first-woman-that. But I remember her saying, "Oh God, I never gave it a second thought.".
3[on her father, Desi Arnaz] He was big enough and smart enough - as a producer, as a performer - to allow them to make fun of his mild accent. When, in reality, anybody with half-a-brain would be congratulating this person who now speaks two languages, fluently.
4[on performing onstage with Tommy Tune in "My One and Only"] I really loved it. It was a huge dancing show. I like to challenge myself. I don't know what that's about, probably proving that I'm not just Lucille Ball's daughter, that I can actually get up and do something once in awhile. I would throw myself into these crazy situations. That was one of the best apprenticeships I could ever have as a dancer.
#Fact
1She was awarded the 1978 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Distinguished Performance in a Musical for "A They're Playing Our Song" at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
2Lucie weighed 3.345376 kilos or 7 lbs 6 oz at birth according to the birth announcement in the milestones column of Time magazine's July 30, 1951 issue.
3She was supposed to play Betty Rizzo, but Lucille Ball objected when she learned the producers wanted her daughter to screen test for the role. Supposedly, she called up and said, "I used to own that studio; my daughter's not doing a screen test!". Olivia Newton-John on the other hand, insisted on a screen test for the role of Sandra Dee. She was concerned that she did not have the acting skills and that she would look too old to be a high school student. The screen test would allay those fears. She got the role that had originally been meant for Susan Dey who was Laurie Partridge on The Partridge Family (1970), which she turned down on her manager's advice.
4She and husband Laurence Luckinbill currently reside in Fairfield County's Weston, Connecticut. [October 2012]
5She and husband Laurence Luckinbill resided in Katonah, New York and maintained an office in nearby Ridgefield, Connecticut.
6(August 10, 2003) The Ogunquit Playhouse in Southern Maine: Lucie dropped by for a walk down memory lane, sharing her award-winning documentary Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie (1993), revisiting the private lives of her very public parents.
7Sister-in-law of Amy Arnaz. Ex-sister-in-law of Linda Purl.
8Her mother wanted to name her after her cousin Suzan Ball, but her father wanted her to have her mother's name as an honor to her. When Ball drifted off to sleep, Arnaz wrote the name "Lucie" on her birth certificate. He chose to spell her name differently to distinguish mother and daughter apart from one another.
9In an interview on a San Francisco radio station, she stated that of all her mother's shows, she and her brother, Desi Arnaz Jr., only own the rights to Here's Lucy (1968).
10In an interview on a San Francisco radio station, she said that, growing up, she lived next door to Jack Benny in Beverly Hills.
11Made her professional debut, at about age 12, on her mother's television series, The Lucy Show (1962). She plays a teenage employee in the ice cream shop in The Lucy Show: Lucy Is a Soda Jerk (1963).
12Stepmother of Nicholas Luckinbill and Ben Luckinbill. Aunt of Haley Arnaz.
13Niece of Fred Ball and Kenny Morgan.
14First choice for the role of Betty Rizzo in Grease (1978), she was allegedly dropped from consideration when her mother, Lucille Ball, called Paramount and said, "I used to own that studio; my daughter's not doing a screen test!" Ball actually owned the studio which was bought by Paramount, Desilu. The role went to Stockard Channing when the casting director remembered seeing her with Arnaz in the '50s-themed play "Vanities". On KGO Radio, in San Francisco (December 10, 2009), Ms. Arnaz denied this to be the case, saying that she was offered the role of Betty Rizzo in "Grease", but that a lack of solid confirmation, coupled with a conflicting contract, were the deciding factors in her not playing the role. She said that her mother had no participation, aside from counseling her that *she* had to decide between the two offers.
15Remembered one day while driving that a taped television interview with her was about to air, and actually stopped at a randomly-picked house, asking the family inside if she could come in. Luckily, the family were fans of her parents, recognized her, and changed channels to let her watch the show.
16Arnaz's efforts to preserve her family's history led to her helping create a genealogy software package, to help others learn how to digitize important data and documents.
17Turned down an offer to appear as Snow White and sing the ill-fated duet with Rob Lowe at the 61st Annual Academy Awards.
18Older sister of Desi Arnaz Jr..
19Daughter of Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball.
20Children, with husband Laurence Luckinbill, are sons Simon Luckinbill and Joe Luckinbill (who are two years apart) and daughter Katharine Luckinbill ("Kate", who is one year younger than Joe).

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Actress

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Henry & Me2014Jack's Mom (voice)
The Pack2011/IIEleanor Jordan
Wild Seven2006Sylvia
Law & Order2003TV SeriesJackie Scott
Down to You2000Judy Connelly
Bonne Nuit1999TV MovieNina
Abduction of Innocence1996TV MovieHelen Steves
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child1995TV SeriesQueen Maria
Sons and Daughters1991TV SeriesTess Hammersmith
Murder, She Wrote1988TV SeriesDet. Bess Stacey
Who Gets the Friends?1988TV MovieGloria McClinton
The Lucie Arnaz Show1985TV SeriesJane Lucas
Second Thoughts1983Amy
One More Try1982TV MovieDede March
Washington Mistress1982TV MovieMaggie Parker
The Mating Season1980TV MovieSydney Wyatt
The Jazz Singer1980Molly Bell
Fantasy Island1978TV SeriesToni Elgin
Billy Jack Goes to Washington1977Saunders McArthur
Death Scream1975TV MovieJudy
Who Is the Black Dahlia?1975TV MovieElizabeth Short
Marcus Welby, M.D.1975TV SeriesJo Anne Bosley
Here's Lucy1968-1974TV SeriesKim Carter
The Sixth Sense1972TV SeriesMarguerite Webster
The Dean Martin Show1971TV Series
The Lucy Show1963-1967TV SeriesCynthia / Dorothy / Patty Martin / ...

Soundtrack

TitleYearStatusCharacter
I Love Lucy's 50th Anniversary Special2001TV Movie documentary performer: "Patria"
One More Try1982TV Movie lyrics: "One More Try" / performer: "One More Try"
The 53rd Annual Academy Awards1981TV Special performer: "Hooray for Hollywood"
The 33rd Annual Tony Awards1979TV Special performer: "They're Playing Our Song - His", "They're Playing Our Song - Hers"

Producer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Desilu Story2003TV Movie documentary producer
I Love Lucy's 50th Anniversary Special2001TV Movie documentary executive producer
Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie1993TV Movie documentary executive producer

Miscellaneous

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Alexis Arquette: She's My Brother2007Documentary contributor

Thanks

TitleYearStatusCharacter
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years1976TV Movie documentary special thanks

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Live from the Red Carpet: The Paley Center Tribute to Hispanic Achievements in Television2016TV MovieHerself
Coming Together for One Night Only2015ShortHerself
Embargo2015DocumentaryHerself
16th Annual Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor: Carol Burnett2013TV MovieHerself
Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did for Love2013DocumentaryHerself
Here's Lucy Spotlight: Lucie Arnaz2012Video documentary shortHerself - Interviewee / Clips from 'Here's Lucy' / Screen test for 'Yours Mine and Ours'
20/202012TV Series documentaryHerself - Lucille Ball's Daughter
The Thought Exchange2012DocumentaryHerself
Here's Lucy Spotlight: Desi Arnaz Jr.2012Video documentary shortHerself - Interviewee / Production footage & episode clips from 'Here's Lucy' / home movie footage
The 2011 Annual American Theatre Wing Gala2011TV MovieHerself
Here's Harry: Remembering Gale Gordon2011Video documentary shortHerself - Interviewee / Outtake footage & episode clips from 'Here's Lucy'
Making the Boys2011DocumentaryHerself (uncredited)
Lucy Meets the Burtons: A Comedic Gem2010Video documentary shortHerself - Interviewee / On set footage from 'Here's Lucy'
Here's Lucy: On Location2009Documentary shortHerself - Interviewee / Production footage & episode clips from 'Here's Lucy'
Meet the Carters2009Video documentary shortHerself - Interviewee
Let's Talk to Lucie2009Video documentary shortHerself
The 63rd Annual Tony Awards2009TV SpecialHerself - Presenter: American Theatre Wing
The 5th Annual TV Land Awards2007TV SpecialHerself - Winner ("The Legacy of Laughter")
Entertainment Tonight2007TV SeriesHerself
The Mark Twain Prize: Neil Simon2006TV Movie documentaryHerself
The 60th Annual Tony Awards2006TV SpecialHerself - Audience Member
CBS at 752003TV Special documentaryHerself
The Desilu Story2003TV Movie documentaryHerself
West End Story2002DocumentaryHerself
TV Road Trip2002TV Movie documentaryHerself
I Love Lucy's 50th Anniversary Special2001TV Movie documentaryDaugher
Ruby2000TV SeriesHerself
Howard Stern1997TV SeriesHerself
The Rosie O'Donnell Show1996-1997TV SeriesHerself
The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True1995TV Movie documentaryAunt Em
The New Dramatists Lifetime Achievement Award to Neil Simon1994TV MovieHerself - Presenter
Vicki!1993TV SeriesHerself
Bob Hope: The First 90 Years1993TV Movie documentaryHerself
Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie1993TV Movie documentaryHerself
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno1993TV SeriesHerself
The 7th Annual Television Academy Hall of Fame Awards1990TV SpecialHerself
I Love Lucy: The Very First Show1990TV MovieHerself - Host
The Joan Rivers Show1990TV SeriesHerself
The Arsenio Hall Show1989TV SeriesHerself
The 6th Annual American Cinema Awards1989TV SpecialHerself
The $10,000 Pyramid1973-1988TV SeriesHerself
Kraft Salutes Super Night at the Super Bowl1987TV MovieHerself
Circus of the Stars #101985TV Special documentaryHerself
Battle of the Network Stars XVIII1985TV SpecialHerself - CBS Team
Night of 100 Stars II1985TV MovieHerself
All-Star Party for Lucille Ball1984TV SpecialHerself
The 36th Annual Tony Awards1982TV SpecialHerself - Presenter: Best Featured Actor in a Musical
Night of 100 Stars1982TV SpecialHerself
Good Morning America1979-1981TV SeriesHerself
The 35th Annual Tony Awards1981TV SpecialHerself - Presenter: Best Featured Actor in a Play
The 53rd Annual Academy Awards1981TV SpecialHerself - Performer
The 38th Annual Golden Globe Awards1981TV SpecialHerself - Nominee
Today1979-1980TV SeriesHerself
Billy Baxter Presents Diary of the Cannes Film Festival with Rex Reed1980TV Movie documentaryHerself
The 33rd Annual Tony Awards1979TV SpecialHerself - Performer
The Annual Friars Club Tribute Presents a Salute to Johnny Carson1979TV MovieHerself
V.I.P. Night on Broadway Benefit1979TV MovieHerself - Performer
The Mike Douglas Show1972-1979TV SeriesHerself - Actress / Comedienne
Bonkers!1979TV SeriesHerself
A Different Approach1978ShortHerself
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Henry Fonda1978TV Special documentaryHerself (uncredited)
Circus of the Stars #21977TV SpecialHerself - Performer
Dinah!1975-1977TV SeriesHerself
Sammy and Company1975TV SeriesHerself
Tony Orlando and Dawn1975TV SeriesHerself
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color1975TV SeriesHerself
Welcome to the World1975TV MovieHerself
The $25,000 Pyramid1975TV SeriesHerself
Don Adams' Screen Test1975TV Series
American Music Awards1974TV SpecialHerself
The Merv Griffin Show1973TV SeriesHerself
Living Easy with Dr. Joyce Brothers1973TV SeriesHerself
Match Game 731973TV SeriesHerself - Panelist / Herself
The Hollywood Squares1971-1972TV SeriesGuest Appearance
Laugh-In1972TV SeriesHerself - Guest Performer
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1971-1972TV SeriesHerself
Celebrity Bowling1972TV SeriesHerself
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour1971TV SeriesHerself
The Virginia Graham Show1971TV SeriesHerself
The 23rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards1971TV SpecialHerself
The David Frost Show1971TV SeriesHerself
The Dick Cavett Show1971TV Series
The Kraft Music Hall1969-1970TV SeriesHerself
Password All-Stars1964TV SeriesHerself
The Jack Paar Tonight Show1960TV SeriesHerself
The Revlon Revue1960TV SeriesHerself
I Love Lucy1951TV SeriesHerself - host
Broadway: The Next Generation2018Documentary filmingHerself
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age2016Documentary post-productionHerself

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Won Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
2008Festival PrizeWildwood Film Festival, USBest ActressThe Pack (2011)
1993Primetime EmmyPrimetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Informational SpecialLucy and Desi: A Home Movie (1993)

Nominated Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
2008Festival AwardHoboken International Film FestivalBest Supporting ActressThe Pack (2011)
2002Primetime EmmyPrimetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Special Class ProgramI Love Lucy's 50th Anniversary Special (2001)
1981Golden GlobeGolden Globes, USABest Actress in a Supporting Role - Motion PictureThe Jazz Singer (1980)

Known for movies


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